US5915523A - Method and unit for ordering products - Google Patents
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- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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- B65G47/082—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from a single group of articles arranged in orderly pattern, e.g. workpieces in magazines spacing or grouping the articles during feeding grouping articles in rows
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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- B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
- B65G47/22—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors
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- the present invention relates to a method of ordering products.
- the present invention relates to a method of ordering products as they are fed onto a machine.
- the present invention is particularly advantageous for use in the food packing industry, for packing products such as chocolates or similar, to which the following description refers purely by way of example.
- products are supplied to a machine featuring an input conveying device having a number of conveying elements, which are fed at a given rate and with a given timing through a loading station where each receives a respective product.
- the products are normally supplied in an orderly manner to the conveying device by means of a supply line, of which the conveying device forms the end element.
- Known supply lines normally comprise an ordering device for feeding a succession of products in a given traveling direction at said frequency, and for gradually bringing the products into contact with one another to form a continuous column of products for supply to a pickup station; and a transfer device extending between the pickup and loading stations, and which feeds the products to the loading station in time with said conveying elements.
- the ordering device of known supply lines of the above type is normally defined by a conveyor belt
- the transfer device is normally defined by a wheel mounted for rotation about an axis crosswise to the traveling direction, and having a succession of equally spaced peripheral suction seats alternating with respective peripheral blow openings, and which are fed through the pickup and loading stations in time with the conveying elements.
- Each suction seat provides for engaging and removing the first product in the column from the pickup station in time with a respective conveying element, while the peripheral blow openings suspend removal of the products from the pickup station and temporarily arrest the whole column if the first product in the column is already located at the pickup station.
- temporary stoppage of the column is not accompanied by a corresponding stoppage of the conveyor belt, this slides beneath and gradually damages the products.
- more recent transfer devices feature, in place of the suction seats, a number of orientable heads, each having a respective gripping element, and each orientable in relation to the traveling direction of the products by means of a control unit controlled by a photocell located at one end of the conveyor belt to detect transit of the products.
- the control unit On receiving a product transit signal, calculates the difference between the position of the product and the position of the respective gripping element in relation to the pickup station, and so orients the head as to advance or delay passage of the gripping element through the pickup station.
- a method of ordering products as the products are supplied, in a given direction and along a given path, to a conveying device having a number of conveying elements movable through a loading station at a given frequency and with a given timing to each receive a respective product; the method comprising the steps of feeding said products successively at said frequency and with any timing up to a transfer station located upstream from said loading station in said direction; and transferring said products from the transfer station to the loading station at said frequency to feed the products to the loading station in time with respective conveying elements; the method being characterized in that said transfer step comprises the substeps of feeding each product into a respective supply pocket, the pocket having a given stop portion, and a dimension, measured in said direction, greater than a dimension of the products measured in the same direction; moving each product inside the respective pocket to position the product precisely at the respective stop portion; and feeding each stop portion through said loading station in time with the relative conveying element.
- the present invention also relates to a unit for feeding products in an orderly manner to a machine.
- a unit for ordering products comprising supply means for feeding the products, in a given direction and along a given path, to a conveying device having a number of conveying elements movable through a loading station at a given frequency and with a given timing to each receive a respective product; conveying means for successively feeding said products at said frequency and with any timing up to a transfer station located upstream from said loading station in said direction; and transfer means for transferring said products from the transfer station to the loading station at said frequency, to feed the products to the loading station in time with respective conveying elements; the unit being characterized in that said transfer means comprise at least one supply pocket for receiving a respective product at the transfer station, the pocket having a given stop portion, and a dimension, measured in said direction, greater than a dimension of the products measured in the same direction; and actuating means for moving each product inside the respective pocket to precisely position the product at the respective stop portion; each stop portion being fed, in use, through said loading station in time with the relative conveying element.
- FIG. 1 shows a side view, with parts in section and parts removed for clarity, of a unit for ordering products in accordance with the teachings of the present invention
- FIG. 2 shows a larger-scale view of a detail in FIG. 1.
- Number 1 in FIG. 1 indicates a unit for ordering products 2 and for feeding products 2 to a conveying device 3 in a direction D and along a given path P.
- Conveying device 3 comprises a number of known gripping or loading heads 4 equally spaced about a vertical axis of rotation 5 of conveying device 3, and which are fed at a given frequency F and with a given timing J through a loading station 6.
- Unit 1 comprises a supply device 7 and a transfer device 8 in series with each other along path P, and which cooperate with each other to feed products 2 along path P at frequency F to conveying device 3. More specifically, transfer device 8 receives products 2 from supply device 7 at a transfer station 9 located upstream from station 6 in direction D, and feeds each product 2 to station 6 in time with a respective gripping head 4.
- Device 7 receives products 2 from a known ordering device (not shown) for arranging products 2 substantially contacting one another, and feeds products 2 successively with any timing up to station 9.
- Supply device 7 comprises a conveyor belt 10 narrower than products 2 so that the lateral end portions of products 2 project outwards of belt 10, and which is looped about a powered pulley 11 and an idle pulley 12, which are fitted in rotary manner to a frame 13 and define, on belt 10, a transportation branch 14 extending along path P up to station 9.
- Device 7 also comprises a plate 15 extending beneath branch 14 between pulleys 11 and 12, and having a shaped upper profile 16 substantially contacting branch 14. More specifically, and as shown clearly in FIG. 2, profile 16 comprises an initial horizontal portion 17 aligned with a peripheral tangent of pulley 12; and a vertical end portion 18 aligned with a peripheral tangent of pulley 11 and connected to portion 17 by an inclined portion 19 located at station 9 so that transportation branch 14 slopes dow nwards in direction D. Finally, device 7 comprises a pair of takeup pulleys 20 and 21, the first of which is located outwards of belt 10, between pulleys 21 and 11 and close to pulley 11, and is fitted to frame 13 by means of a known elastic support (not shown).
- Transfer device 8 comprises a pair of identical conveyor belts 22 (only one shown) located on either side of belt 10 and looped about four pairs of pulleys 23, 24, 25, 26 fitted in rotary manner to frame 13; pulleys 23 are integral with each other and define a single drive pulley for driving belts 22; pulleys 24 are located substantially at pulley 21, beneath transportation branch 14; pulleys 25 are located beneath portion 17 of plate 15, upstream from station 9 in direction D; and pulleys 26 are located at station 6, and define, on belts 22 and together with pulleys 25, respective horizontal transportation branches 27 extending along path P from station 9 to station 6, and lower than both branch 14 and gripping heads 4 of conveying device 3, so that: at station 9, branches 27 are located directly alongside a bottom end of inclined portion 19 of plate 15; and, at station 6, heads 4, in use, travel facing branches 27, and are located over branches 27 at a height substantially equal to a thickness of products 2.
- Belts 22 comprise a number of supply pockets 28, each of which receives a respective product 2 at station 9 in such a manner that said lateral end portions of product 2 contact belts 22, and each of which comprises a dimension, measured in direction D, greater than a dimension of product 2 also measured in direction D. More specifically, each pocket 28 receives a respective product 2 with a variable amount of slack in direction D, and comprises a stop portion 29, which is fed through station 6 at frequency F and with timing J, hence in time with heads 4, and is defined by two projections 30 (only one shown) extending outwards from respective belts 22 and of a thickness less than the difference in the level of transportation branches 14 and 27 of belts 10 and 22 at station 9.
- device 8 comprises brake means in the form of a positioning device 31 located over branch 27, upstream from station 6 in direction D, and for braking each product 2 to move the product 2 inside respective pocket 28 and into a position adjacent to projections 30, so that product 2 is supplied to station 6 in perfect time with relative gripping head 4.
- brake means 31 are pneumatic, and comprise a push element 32 defined by a nozzle 33 pointing in the opposite direction to the traveling direction of products 2, and connected to a known pneumatic device (not shown) to direct a jet 34 of air onto products 2 and move the products 2 inside respective pockets 28 into a position adjacent to and contacting projections 30.
- the frequency F at which products 2 are fed along path P is imposed at all times by conveying device 3, which feeds heads 4 through station 6 at frequency F and at a given speed V having a component, in direction D, at least equal to a traveling speed V1 of pockets 28 along path P.
- transfer device 8 feeds pockets 28 through stations 9 and 6 at frequency F, so that each head 4 always receives a product 2 from respective pocket 28 at station 6, while supply device 7 feeds products 2 to station 9 at frequency F, so that each pocket 28 always receives a product 2.
- the operating frequency of unit 1 is adjusted according to any change in frequency F of conveying device 3 by means of a known control unit (not shown) commonly used for this purpose and connected to the drives of devices 3, 7 and 8.
- supply device 7 feeds products 2 successively and substantially continuously to station 9 at a speed V2 lower than speed V1, and feeds them to transfer device 8 at station 9 by transferring them from branch 14 directly into respective pockets 28. That is, since transportation branches 14 and 27 of respective belts 10 and 22 are located at different levels, and since branch 14 is guided by plate 15--in particular, by inclined portion 19 of plate 15--so as to be inserted between branches 27, device 7 feeds products 2 directly into pockets 28, at any point along pockets 28 with respect to respective projections 30.
- each product 2 is deposited gradually inside respective pocket 28. That is, inclined portion 19, which is of a length equal to said dimension of product 2 measured in direction D, ensures product 2 contacts belts 22 before projections 30 reach station 9. As such, on contacting belts 22, product 2 is not only accelerated from speed V2 to speed V1, but is also distanced from the following product 2 to enable relative projections 30 to be positioned between the two products 2. The distance, measured in direction D, between two adjacent products 2 on branches 27 inside pockets 28 is therefore greater than the distance, measured in direction D, between two products 2 on branch 14.
- transfer device 8 feeds products 2 to station 6, where heads 4 of conveying device 3 receive products 2 and transfer them from station 6 to the input of a machine (not shown), e.g. a wrapping machine.
- a machine e.g. a wrapping machine.
- unit 1 provides for timing products 2 with respect to heads 4 in a straightforward and particularly effective manner with no need for sophisticated control systems.
- push element 32 of brake means 31 is replaced by a pneumatic plate located upstream from station 6 in direction D, between branches 27, and having a number of holes connected to a pneumatic device for forming. an air cushion over the plate to detach products 2 slightly from belts 22. The loss in speed of products 2 with respect to belts 22 during detachment moves products 2 gradually inside respective pockets 28 to position products 2 against respective projections 30.
- pneumatic brake means 31 are replaced by friction brake means, and push element 32 is replaced by a straightforward fixed plate located upstream from station 6 in direction D and along path P between branches 27.
- the upper surface of the fixed plate is located at a slightly higher level than branches 27, so as to detach products 2 from belts 22 at that point along path P, cause a loss in speed of products 2 as they slide along the upper surface, and so position products 2 correctly against respective projections 30.
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